(Closed) Do you have to invite your friends husbands?

I am in nursing school and want to invite a few of my nursing friends to my wedding. Problem is, all of them are married and some have kids, and I really don’t know their families. We’re trying to keep the numbers down, is it rude to just put their names and not their husbands? Will they get that their family is not invited and just them?

I think you can get away with not inviting their children, but you should definitely invite their husbands. Husband and wife are a social unit, and the very best time to honor that social unit is when you’re celebrating a wedding of your own! 🙂

Yes, it’s very rude to invite just them without their husbands. A wedding isn’t a girls night, and you won’t be entertaining them the entire time. If you want to invite them, you should invite them with their husbands.

Maybe if you brought it up to them and asked if they would be offended if they were invited to come together as co-workers, instead of couples. Chances are the husbands wouldn’t be interested anyhow. If anyone seems slighted, you can either drop them from the list, or invite them and their spouse.